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Top venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and Palantir advisor Jacob Helberg penned an open letter to the U.S. Senate calling on it to pass the so-called TikTok ban bill.Helberg and Khosla have regularly voiced their views on the dangers TikTok poses to the U.S., describing it as a "weapon of war."In an interview with CNB...

Google fired an employee who disrupted an Israel executive's conference keynote this week, CNBC has learned.It's the latest sign of controversy at the company, which has struggled with employee dissent for several years.Google also prematurely shuttered an internal discussion forum ahead of a planned International W...

A New Jersey man was arrested on charges for allegedly trafficking 675 SpaceX Starlink terminals purchased with stolen credit card accounts or hacked Starlink billing accounts, police said.Kelvin Rodriguez-Moya of Newark was stopped by police Dec. 4 while driving 223 Starlink terminals in a pickup truck and trailer ...

The X social media platform on Tuesday restored the account of Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after a brief suspension.It was not immediately clear why Navalnaya's account was suspended in the first place.Upon contacting the X press team, CNBC received an automated response o...

Thierry Breton, France's European Union commissioner for internal market and consumer protection, industry, research and energy.JOHN THYSApple faces strong action if changes to its App Store do not meet incoming European Union regulations, the bloc's industry chief said on Friday.In a move designed to comply with th...

A host of companies including Ecosia, Qwant and Shibsted have signed an open letter accusing Big Tech "gatekeepers" of not doing enough to engage effectively with them and others.The firms have called on the European Commission and the European Parliament to do everything in their power to ensure the gatekeepers com...